70 Iowa 591 | Iowa | 1887
In Lacy v. Dubuque Lumber Co., 43 Iowa, 510, it was held that the face of the noto shewed that it had
The courts have been called on to determine who is bound on notes similar in some respects, and yet all to which our attention has been called are different from the instrument sued on. Some of these do not disclose the name of any principal except the persons who have signed the note, or claim to have done so in a representative capacity. In this case, as the note purports to bind both the corporation and the defendant, and there is nothing to indicate that tire defendant was president of the corporation, or had signed the note for it, or in its behalf, we think he is bound personally, and that the letters “Pres.” must be regarded simply as descriptive of the person to whose signature they are appended. It follows that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer.
Reversed.